Map details Phoenix-area murders in 2018

Amid a recent spike in Phoenix homicides, a higher percentage of cases are going unsolved. The clearance rate of murders is about the same as the national average, but it used to be much higher.
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The Republic aims to provide an accounting for every murder victim in the Valley. We believe the public has a right to know who was killed in their community, where it happened and how.(Photo: Getty Images)

Most are shot, others are stabbed, and a few are run over, suffocated or beat to death.

Since 2016, The Arizona Republic has worked with the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office to give the public the most up-to-date information on the most serious of crimes.

The Republic aims to provide an accounting for every murder victim in the Valley. We believe the public has a right to know who was killed in their community, where it happened and how.

Each point on this interactive map identifies where a murder victim was found. Click to view the victim’s name, age, sex, race, cause of death, investigating agency and any news coverage by The Republic. Explore the map here.

It can take weeks, sometimes months, for the Medical Examiner's Office to determine a manner of death; the office designates homicide as the manner when someone has died at the hands of another person.

This map is updated as information becomes available, and it is possible this map is not exhaustive.

Editor's note: This map includes the medical examiner’s definition of homicide, which can be different than a police department’s definition. ME homicides include officer-involved shootings and justifiable homicides, which are not included in police tallies.